I agree with Ittay: when bugs are found, they must be fixed ASAP, expecially when they affect a sensitive sw such as Bitcon; in IT security, every flaw that is exploitable in abstract, is going to be exploited in real, sooner or later, also taking into account the increasing parallel computing power; beware of false sense of security WebSite: http://www.startithub.com Per rimanere aggiornato in merito a Startup, Innovazione e Normativa di settore, sottoscrivi la nostra newsletter: http://www.startithub.com/blog/sottoscrivi-newsletter/ 2013/11/5 Mike Hearn > On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 6:43 PM, Ittay wrote: > >> The attack can be easily hidden. And be sure that before today, today, >> and after today, very smart people are at their computer planning attacks >> on Bitcoin. Exploits must be published and fixed FAST. >> > > I think it would be helpful if you actually implemented and pulled off > this attack, by becoming the dominant miner capable of reversing spends at > will. Then we'd know how quickly it can be done. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > November Webinars for C, C++, Fortran Developers > Accelerate application performance with scalable programming models. > Explore > techniques for threading, error checking, porting, and tuning. Get the most > from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and > register > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60136231&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Bitcoin-development mailing list > Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development > >